by Glenn Greenwald | May 1, 2013 “The 24-year-old Ibrahim Mothana speaks eloquently and insightfully about what the US is doing to his country. We should listen.” Ibrahim Mothana is a 24-year-old…
Category: Covert Drone War
The use of Predator and Reaper drones (unmanned flying vehicles that are often armed with video-guided missiles) by the US military and CIA is a largely untold story of the “Global War on Terror / Global Contingency Operation” – yet has caused thousands of deaths in Pakistan and Afghanistan, many of whom are women and children.
The Game of Drones: Welcome to the Age of Murder.gov
by Jeffrey St. Clair | May 3, 2013 At last we know. The mysterious legal authority for Barack Obama’s killer drone program flows from another administration with an elastic interpretation of executive…
Action at Wheeler AFB in Solidarity with the National Month Against Drones!
from World Can’t Wait, Hawai’i | April 27, 2013 It was 9am on a beautiful Hawai`i morning. Our drone replica was loaded into the truck. Our car windows were painted, and signs…
As Obama Shuns Hearing, Yemeni Says U.S. Drone War Terrifying Civilians, Empowering Militants
Democracy Now! | April 24, 2013 Six days after the U.S. bombed his village, Yemeni activist Farea al-Muslimi testified on Capitol Hill about the terror of the U.S. drone wars. Al-Muslimi spoke…
“Living Under Drones”
Posted April 17, 2013 This is the transcript of an interview that ran on The Michael Slate Show with James Cavallaro of Stanford University, who co-authored a study titled “Living Under Drones.”…
Basic Truths About the U.S. Drones
by Revolution Newspaper | March 11, 2013 Last week drones—pilotless, remote controlled aircraft which have been used by the U.S. military and spy agencies to kill thousands of people in Pakistan, Afghanistan,…
Attorney General Eric Holder: US Government Has Authority to Target & Kill US Citizens on US Soil
by Kevin Gosztola | March 5, 2013 “…it fits the framework for fighting a permanent global “War on Terrorism” without any geographical limitations, which the Obama administration has maintained it has the…
See the Drones? Forget the Drones!
by Dennis Loo | February 25, 2013 Former Obama White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, who now works as an MSNBC reporter, revealed yesterday (Sunday, February 24, 2013) on MSNBC that while…
These Children are Just as Precious as Our Children
by Cecile Pineda | February 17, 2013 Naming the Children Killed by U.S. Drones I was raised during the years of World War II. During my childhood, although I was raised in…
“Just Say NO to Drones…”
By the San Francisco Chapter of World Can’t Wait I think it’s important to know about the larger context that we’re now hearing, that’s the militarization of law enforcement that is progressing…